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(ModeL) J. APPLEGATE. COMBINED WEATHER STRIP AND. BUBGLAR PROOF LOOK FOR-DOORS Patented Oct. 4,- 1881.

ll WHIIIIHIIIIW I HIHII WITNESSES IJV'V'EJV'TOR By flttomeys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

JOHN M. APPLEGATE, OF NOVELTY, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO WILLIAM T. LANDBETH AND RICHARD GARNETT, BOTH OF LA BELLE, MISSOURI.

COMBINED WEATHER-STRIP AND BURGLAR-PROOF LOCK FOR DOORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,735, dated October 4, 1881,

Application filed July 20, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern: a V

' Be itknown that I, Joan M. APPLEGATE, of Novelty, in the county of Knox and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Weather-Strip and Burglar-Proof Lock for Doors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it IO appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad tothe accompanyingdrawings,whicl1 form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a combined weatherstrip and burglar-proof lock for doors; and the novelty consists in the construction and arrangements of parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claim. I

The object of the invention is to provide a weather-strip which may be readily thrown in or out of service as a weather-strip at will, and which will, when in service as a weather-strip, also serve efiiciently as a burglar-proof lock, extending from jamb to jamb; and to these ends the invention consists in the mechanism fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section; and Fig. 2 a vertical section.

To enable others skilled in the art to which the invention relates to make and use the same, I will describe its'construction and operation, and to that end refer to the figures, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts. A represents an ordinary door-frame; a, the carpet-strip; and B, the door, having arecess,

12, running its entire lower edge surface from jamb to jamb. This recess is adapted to receive the vertical arm 0 of a sill, O, pivoted at 40 0, when said sill is forced upward by the action of a cam or crank shaft, D, having handle d located inside the room. 'When the handle at is up, or when the crank or cam is not in operation, the sill gravitates until it is out of 5 connection with the door, and the door acts as in ordinary cases; but when, as upon a threatening night, it is necessary to provide against the weather, the door is closed, the sill forced into the door by the cams or cranks, and the door is securely locked in such protected position.

The inner sides of the door-frame are provided with shed-strips a, which prevent the water from passing between the sill and frame.

From this description, in connection with the drawings, the operation and advantages will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 66 of the United States, is-

The combination of the frame A, having shedpieces a, and door B, having recess b, with the pivoted sill G, having vertical flange c, and cam or crank shaft D, having operating-handle d, all arranged and constructed to operate as and for the purposes set forth.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing my own I have hereto affixed my signature presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. APPLEGATE.

Witnesses:

H. G. TRIPLET, A. W. PORTER. 

